Zcash's Transition to a new PoW algorithm

[mistfpga]

Hi,

NU stands for Network Upgrade, there are two a year or so.

Network Information | Zcash

The next one is Blossom which should activate on October 28th.

The first link in this post by zooko shows what the current pipeline looks like.

• Emergency extention to a select part to NU4 inclusions RE dev fund - #4 by zooko

I would read that post, but here is the direct link

• Network Upgrade Pipeline v1.2 - Google Drawings

The deadline to get a ZIP (Zcash Improvement Protocol) to be put in NU4 is August 31st.

Here is a great post from nathan about community written ZIPs. (Nathan-at-least is in charge of the ZIP and NU processes.)

Note that the most active person on the forum who has responsibility for zips on a ownership level is daira, but I have found all members of the ECC very willing to help.

• Dev fund proposals & sentiments - #16 by nathan-at-least

and this is more about ZIPs and NU3 (the upgrade about to happen)

• ECC’s NU3 Feature Selection

Here is a post from str4d that gives more links about the ZIP’s that the ECC make.

• [ZIP 1002] FINAL: ZIP Proposal - Genuine Protocol opt-in/out donation feature updated 02/sept - #12 by str4d

Hopefully this will give you a better idea.

Let me know if I can help any further.